If you take a look at the pictures linked to the article, you will see one of the vehicle in full survey mode. The long "bar" in place of the bumper at the front of the vehicle contains 15 lasers, 2 accelerometers and 2 optical gyros.
The readings from these instruments are fed into yet another computer inside the vehicle for storage and analysis. This computer is running MSDOS.;-)
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Yes, it does! ;-) It even picked up a few of our fellow motorists trying to commit suicide as well as the aftermath of a fatal crash.
If you take a look at the pictures linked to the article, you will see one of the vehicle in full survey mode. The long "bar" in place of the bumper at the front of the vehicle contains 15 lasers, 2 accelerometers and 2 optical gyros. The readings from these instruments are fed into yet another computer inside the vehicle for storage and analysis. This computer is running MSDOS. ;-)